rubro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ruber, from Proto-Italic *ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós (“red”), from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.bro/
• Rhymes: -ubro
• Hyphenation: rù‧bro

Adjective

rubro (feminine rubra, masculine plural rubri, feminine plural rubre) (rare)

1. (archaic) red
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto VI, lines 79–81, page 105:

     Con costui corse infino al lito rubro; ¶ con costui puose il mondo in tanta pace, ¶ che fu serrato a Giano il suo delubro.

     With him it ran even to the Red Sea shore; ¶ with him it placed the world in so great peace, ¶ that unto Janus was his temple closed.

   • Synonyms: rosso, rufo

Derived terms

• rubrene

Related terms

• rubicello
• rubicondo
• rubidio
• rubino
• rubrica

 

Anagrams

• burro

Latin

Adjective

rubrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ruber

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ruber.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.bɾu/ [ˈhu.bɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.bɾu/ [ˈhu.bɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.bɾu/ [ˈχu.bɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.bɾo/ [ˈhu.bɾo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.bɾu/ [ˈʁu.βɾu]

Noun

rubro m (uncountable)

1. (poetic) red (colour)

   Synonym: vermelho

Adjective

rubro (feminine rubra, masculine plural rubros, feminine plural rubras)

1. (poetic) red in colour

   Synonym: vermelho

Related terms

• rubéola

Further reading

• “rubro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

rubro m (plural rubros)

1. red
2. title, heading

Further reading

• “rubro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014